favorite product list

My favorite product and tool list will be a work in progress. I may add in or delete from time to time. I do not get paid for endorsing a particular product -- these are just the ones I like and use. 

A. 
Acrylic mounts for stamps - Fiskars 
Aleene's Tack It Over and Over Glue 
Awl or craft pick (pokey tool) 

B. 

Backdrops (twin-size flat sheet, sheers, decorative shower curtain, green screen

           tarp, tablecloths)  

Backdrop Stand (a t-shaped, 3-legged stand designed to hold a backdrop curtain behind

         you while you are taping a video to dress up or hide the background) - online Walmart 

Black and White Striped Backpack. (Cross-body purses do not work with forearm crutches

        and since I need the crutches to keep me stable, I've had to go to a backpack. Would

        LOVE to have one made by Mary Engelbreit and I've suggested it at her website.

        Anyway, the backpack carries my essentials as well as my sermon notebook and the

        GRACE & Prayer card coloring sheets I hand out at church. I also like backpacks with

         zippers - they are harder for pick pockets to roam through.)

Baseball Trading Card sleeves for 3-ring binders (artist trading card storage)
Bigz Dies - Sizzix
Bookcases (storage)
Brads/Eyelets
Brayers (hard plastic for sharp creases, soft foam for paint)

C. 

Cardstock
Craft Barn (storage)

Clasp rings 
Crochet Hooks (in all sizes)
Composition Notebooks
Cutting Mat (marked in 1-inch lines)

D. 
Die-cutting Machine -- Cuddlebug! 
Document Sleeves for 3 ring binders

E. 
Elmer's Craft Bond Glue

Embossing Folders
Eye Candy and Ideas - Pinterest, Splitcoast Stampers, YouTube 
Eyelet Punch/Setter - 

F. 
Fabulous Freebies

Fibers (butcher's twine, crochet thread, embroidery thread, sewing thread, string, yarn) - Coats and Clark
Filing folder boxes (clear plastic with snap-on lids for cling mounted stamps and thin-let die

     storage)
Food packaging (recycled images and 11 pages of potential Art Dolly Dresses)
Freezer paper

G.

Glue (with a fine nozzle tip; I dislike glue sticks personally, but like them for toddler Sunday     School class crafts) - Aleene's Tacky Glue, E600, Elmer's Craft Bond

Gorilla Pod Stand (a 3-legged stand for cell phone videotaping; the legs also bend, so one can

     wrap them around a pole to video tape from an angle or moving object such as a rollator)

H. 
Homemade Glue Dots

Harbor Freight Sheet Metal Hand Punch #44060 (I haven't been able to find the tool on

     Harbor Freight's website, so perhaps it has been discontinued, so I'm going to add a photo

     of the tool. It's come in very handy, and I only paid $20.00 for it. I found a similar hand

     punch on Amazon for twice that.) 

Hefty Slider Jumbo Storage Bags, 2.5-gallon size or 14 3/8" x 16". (To hold scrapbook paper

     and all the scraps or to organize ephemera by theme)

I. 

Idea Journals (black or white 3-ring binder/spiral notebook of doodles and lists)
Ikea   RÅSHULT Utility Cart with Wheels

Ink (basic black and colors in chalk, dye, permanent and pigment) - Clearsnap/Colorbox,

      Marvy/Uchida, Ranger, Stazon/Tsukineko

Inventory Journal (3-ring binder of color charts, die shapes, punch shapes, and stamp-offs)

J.

K.

L. 
Laminator and clear plastic sheets (our old laminator jammed, so hubby took it to a repair

     shop and the cost of repair was $5.00 more than the cost of a brand new one, so we tossed

     the old one and purchased a new one. The new one has a release button.) - 

Walmart Lamp (clip-on adjustable lamp for videotaping)

M.

Magnetic bowl (holds bolts, brads, eyelets, nuts, and tiny thin-let dies) - Harbor Freight

Magnet sheets added to 8.5" x 11" tagboard (to hold thin let dies in clear file folder box

    storage)

Magnet wand (telescoping magnet for dropped brads, eyelets or tiny die pieces) - Harbor

    Freight

Markers (water-based dye and alcohol-based permanent inks) - Marvy/Uchida, Sharpies

    (See my Fabulous Freebies tab for a link to a Marvy/Uchida printable marker chart &

     coloring sheets)

Mary Engelbreit's Craft Books

Mary Engelbreit Rubber Stamps - I have purchased them from eBay, flea markets, garage

     sales, Michaels, and thrift stores.  But I just got the word (11/15/2019) that Rubber Moon

    has licensed with Mary Engelbreit to produce her stamps. YAY! You can purchase them

     from Mary Engelbreit's website. 

Masks and stencils.

Microsoft Paint & 3D Paint (came with my laptop computer.)

Microsoft Photo and Video Editor 2021. (Came with my laptop). 

Milk Crates (portable storage for pencil boxes and my Mary Engelbreit clamshell tins I use to

     store her stamps in) 

N. 

O. 

P. 
Paint (acrylic based and water-based) -- Hobby Lobby, Joann's, Michaels, Walmart
Paint brushes 
Paper (upcycled paper like homemade, Kraft sacks, prescription chemistry papers, and

     store-bought cardstock - white, colored and decorative scrapbook paper)
Paper Trimmer (cuts and scores) - Fiskars
Pencil boxes (plastic clamshell with colored flat tops for storage) 
Pencils (colored, mechanical, watercolor), my current favorites are 30 Count Crayola

     Twistables (wish they had refills)

Pill bottles (transparent bead, blade, sequin, & sponge storage, sponge daubers, etc.)
Pincushion
Plastic packaging (transparent-for homemade stencil and shaker cards)

Polaroid Zink (smart phone photo printer)
Punch Buddy
Punches (Basic shapes and a corner rounder)

Q.

R.
Ribbon (dots, chintz florals, gingham checks, and stripes in 1/4-inch-wide chiffon or woven)

Ring Light (4 settings to give your face its best glow while videotaping. Mine is a clip-

    on version connected to an adjustable cell-phone clamp for videotaping.)
Rubber embossing mat for die-machine
Rubber Stamps (cling or pre-mounted; I do not care for clear stamps)

S.

Safety or bulb pins - Tim Holtz (bulb pins)
Scissors - Tim Holtz
Sewing Machine (basic machine with zig-zag stitch) 
Sewing Needles and Pins
Sharpie Marker (fine-line, black)
Spiral notebook (purse sized product shopping trip list)
Stapler, staples and staple remover (tiny sized for attachments)
Stazon Ink Cleaner Liquid
Stencils (homemade with dies and store-bought) and Masks

T.

my best tips (post) 
tissue boxes (checks, dots, stripes, and chintz florals)

Tracing disks  (can be used not only for appliqués in quilting, but also for scrapbooking)

Twistables by Crayola (side note: Check out this crayon website by clicking here!)

U.

V.

W.
Washi tape (checks, dots, stripes, and chintz florals)
Water brush (I like the Pentel brand the best, but also have a Kitchen uretake)

Wendy Vecchi's Make Art Stay-tion magnet board by Ranger  (now I have 2 to scrapbook a

        spread on. The hinge in the middle on the back is a piece of decorative duck tape.)
White eraser

X.

Y.

YouTube's Free Audio Library (downloadable music clips and sound effects; see the

     description box below my videos for titles/artists)

Z.